Leader E. Spin in Particle Physics

Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 528 pp. — (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology). — ISBN: 9780521020770.Motivated by recent dramatic developments in the field, this volume provides a thorough introduction to spin and its role in elementary particle physics. Starting with a simple pedagogical overview of spin and its relativistic generalization, the author successfully avoids the obscurity and impenetrability of traditional treatments of the subject. He surveys the main theoretical and experimental developments of recent years, as well as discussing exciting plans for the future. Emphasis is placed on the importance of spin-dependent measurements in testing QCD and the Standard Model. This book will be of value to graduate students and researchers in all areas of quantum physics, particularly in elementary particle and high energy physics. It is suitable as a supplementary text for graduate courses in theoretical and experimental particle physics.Covers exciting experiments
Discusses both theory and experiment
A thorough and pedagogical treatment of spinTable of ContentsSpin and helicity
The effect of Lorentz and discrete transformations on helicity states, fields and wave-functions
The spin density matrix
Transition amplitudes
The observables of a reaction
The production of polarized hadrons
The production of polarized e±
Analysis of polarized states: polarimetry
Electroweak interactions
Quantum chromodynamics: spin in the world of massless partons
The spin of the nucleon: polarized deep inelastic scattering
Two-spin and parity-violating single spin asymmetries at large scale
One particle inclusive transverse single-spin asymmetries
Elastic scattering at high energies